Proactive disclosure
The routine publication of specified categories of government information.
Plain English
Information published routinely without anyone having to request it: travel and hospitality expenses, contracts, briefing note titles.
If you’re new here
Assume the title of what you write may be published. It often is.
What they probably mean
“This gets published whether anyone asks or not.”
Interpretation offered as humour, not authoritative guidance.
Bureaucracy level
How much government-speak this phrase carries. Playful indicator, not a judgement of anyone using it.
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